User's Manual

Module - eSMTP_server

The eSMTP_server module is a member of the input program family.

Therefore, the eSMTP_server is capable of generating alarms to

eKERNEL.

The name eSMTP_server can be rather confusing. In fact, there is no

SMTP server functionality implemented in the module. This means the

application is not acting as an SMTP server, and is not listening on port 25

for inbound SMTP requests.

The module eSMTP_server must always be seen in conjunction with the

SMTP Server component that is shipped with Windows, as part of the

Internet Information Server software. Refer to “Module - eSMTP_server”

(page 25) for more information.

The actual role of SMTP server (handling inbound sockets connections

on port 25) is played by the Microsoft component. This component stores

inbound mails in a directory structure, as specified during configuration

of the Microsoft component.

A typical configuration sends inbound mails to the directory

c:\inetpub\mailroot\drop.

These e-mail files are in fact readable text-files that can be opened with a

text editor, such as Notepad. Figure 17 "Example of inbound e-mail" (page

26) shown an example of an inbound e-mail:

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